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Should i be gassing for a Warwick?

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#92
Congrats! That should be a lot more versatile than your typical Jazz Bass and lighter than the bubinga Warwicks I just traded for another Spector. I dumped them for the weight, the nicer (to me) Spector neck, and a thicker "5-string P-Bass" sound. Both were German 2003 Corvette Standards, a passive 4-string and an active 5-string. Great basses that served me well until I needed that Spector growl for a group with a heavier sound and got sick of the weight.

You'll love yours.
 
#95
sadly the first thing I thought is - I wonder if I can have a luthier thin out and c shape the neck up high? But I'm already getting used to it - I can play it just fine. I can't go nuts up high like with my EBMM or Carvin or ESP.... which have thin necks (EBMM not AS thin but still quite reasonable). But if I learn to NOT try to wrap my thumb around the neck like on a fender 4 string then I will probably be just fine with it as is :)

Does anyone ever replace the single coil neck pickup with a noise cancelling jazz shaped pup on these things? I'm so used to not having SC noise... it's distracting when used on it's own. Gets a decent p sound but noise is for the birds ;-) (not rushing into anything... just something to consider).

The mec preamp is interesting - everything about it is great except the HF control which seems to be at what I feel is an unattractive frequency point when boosted. The mid control is surprisingly useful compared to my older experience with 3 band eqs .... so that's a nice surprise. has the passive pull switch (the bass is WAY quieter in passive mode) and I really like the passive tone although the level difference makes it nearly useless unless you use either active or passive all the time and never switch back. was hoping it would be closer to unity gain.

Just observations - extremely well crafted instrument... very beautiful looking and feeling.

the warwick does some of what I was hoping it would do - it can sound similar to my EBMM if I want it to, and the bass control can add TONS of deep bass thump when desired, and I can scoop it like the EBMM when wanted.

The warwick does have that bass fret and dense stiff neck sound of a warwick - which is something else I was looking for. I can give it quite the WW thumb or corvette tone with it's on board eq, not QUITE as low-mid rangy but I will be able to solve that with the emg vari-mid control I plan on adding to it (without drilling holes.... this is long down the road though).

But for now I'll leave it alone and just learn to enjoy it as is and see how it works best without mods.
 
#98
dkelley said:
I just had 45 seconds with it (more later tonight) so rapidly worked out how to lower entire bridge... loosen middle screws.... lower corner screws to suit... tighten middle screws.. maybe didnt need to touch middle ones but felt safer doing it lol

Ton of difference just like that!

Will loosen strings and adjust nut later ... also ridiculously high.... but liking things so far
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My Streamer can be set up with ridiculously low action. Sounds like you made a really good choice, fellow used Streamer buyer.
 

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